Improvement in cans for oils and other liquids



.G. W. BECK Gan for OiL and Other Liquid.

No. 208,117. Patented Se.pt.17. 1878 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. PEOK, OF ROSELl'JE, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN CANS FOR OILS AND OTHER LIQUIDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 208,117, dated September 17, 1878; application filed July 19, 1878.

'fication:

Cans made of sheet metal and other materials have been provided with trunnions that serve to support the can while the same is being tilted to empty the contents, and such cans have been provided with inclosing-cases, that are constructed with reference to allowing the can to be tipped, and in some instances the trunnions have been within vertical slots through the box or case; but these slots tend to weaken the wood and render it liable to split.

My invention relates to the combination, with a can, of an inclosing-case having one or more of the sides hinged, so that they maybe turned down to give access to the can; also, in trunnion-bearings applied at the top of grooved sides in such a manner that the can with its trunnions can be raised and the bearings moved beneath the trunnions to support the same while the can is being tipped.

In the drawing, Figure l is a perspective view of the can as supported in a position for pouring out its contents. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the can as closed within the case, and Fig. 3 represents one of the trunnionbearings. Fig. 4. is a perspective view of the removable cover.

The case or box for the can is made of the bottom a, and sides 11 b and c c. The can is made of the bottom d, sides 0, and top f, and it may be of any desired material, such as sheet metal or earthenware, or glass iucased in sheet metal. The trunnions i z are at opposite sides and near the middle of the can vertically; and the pouring-lips or spouts k lmay be of any desired character.

The sides I) b are of a height to receive the movable cover m, (shown in perspective View, Fig. 4,) that rests upon such sides I), and is above the can, and there is a rim, a, to the cover, that surrounds the upper ends of the sides 12 b c c, and hooks maybe applied to hold the cover in place.

The sides 0 0 are in two pieces, united by hinges at 0, so that the upper sections, a, can be swung down out of the way while the can 7 is being tipped or swung up to inclose the can before the lid is put in place. This gives access to the can and prevents any part of the case being misplaced.

The sides b b are sufficiently thick to receive the grooves r, in which the trunnions 'i may slide as the can is raised or lowered. The grooves do not pass through the sides; hence they are not liable to split; and at the tops of the sides b b are the movable trunnion-bearings s s, that are adapted to cover the upper ends of the grooves r and support the trunnions while the can is being tipped.

These trunnion-bearings are shown as of sheet metal, hinged at one end, so that they are lifted by the trunnions as the can is raised, and then fall below them, so that the cantrunnions will be supported upon such bearings. The reverse movement allows the can to be returned into the box or case.

I claim as my invention- 1. A vessel mounted on trunnions in a case, and adapted to be tilted to one side for pourin g, the lower section of that side of the case being stationary, and theupper section hinged, so as to be turned down to admit the tilting of the vessel, substantially as set forth.

2. A wooden case for inclosing a can or other vessel for liquids, provided with vertical grooves in the sides I) b, and a movable support for the trunnions of the can at the upper ends of the grooves, substantially as set forth 3. The combination, with the can having trunnions and the inclosing-case, of hinged trunnion-bearings at the upper ends of the sides of the case, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the can for liquids, of the trunnions, grooved sides b b, hinged side sections 0, stationary side sections 0, and movable cover to the case, substantially as set forth.

'5. A case for inclosing a can or vessel, provided with a movable cover, and having the lower sections of two opposite sides stationary, and the upper sections of such sides movable and hinged, so as to be turned down, substantially as set forth. 7

Signed by me this 13thday of July, A. D. 1878.

GEORGE W. PEGK.

Witnesses:

Gno. T. PnvcKNnY, CHAS. H. SMITH. 

